Monday, December 19, 2016

The Family Research Council has taken a break from gloating about Trump's election win in order to beg for money. Or the "evil homosexuals will put Christians in jail and force women to have abortions."

Or something like that. The letter is a hoot and of course FRC president, Tony Perkins, hysterically lies throughout it:

The radical Left won't accept the future for which Americans voted.
But they will subvert that future, unless . . .

. . . unless Christians like you stay engaged in the political process.Don't leave it up to the politicians.You must help stop the Left from ruining every reform soon-to-be President Trump and pro-family conservatives in Congress have promised to make.

The Left has already
violently protested the election in the streets -- with many of the
protests paid for by money from Hollywood-Washington elitists.

They've already tried to manipulate the Electoral College to overturn the results.

And when the new Congress is seated January 3 and President Trump is sworn in January 20...?
Get ready for the Left's massive attempt to DECEIVE, INTIMIDATE, AND
SIDETRACK lawmakers from enacting reforms in favor of your faith,
family, and freedom.

What can you do to fight back? First and foremost, you can donate now to help Family Research Council (FRC) reach our 2016 year-end budget goal of $975,000 by December 31.

You see, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have already had record-breaking fundraising immediately after the election.

Backed by hundreds of millions of dollars, they -- and other left-wing groups -- will try EVERY POLITICAL TRICK IN THE BOOK to influence the Trump administration and Congress:

Not to protect religious freedom of Christians against the LGBTQ+ attempts to criminalize our beliefs on sexuality.

Not to confirm a conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Not to defund Planned Parenthood.

Not to overturn Obamacare and its discrimination against Christians and its attacks on the unborn and disabled.

FRC must counter these efforts. FRC experts will be on Capitol Hill -- and we will be at the White House -- debunking the deception of the Left.

We will remind President Trump and Members of Congress of their campaign promises.The key link, however, is you.

You must be there for FRC so that our team of experts can work on your behalf . . . against Planned Parenthood . . . against the radical homosexual activists like the Human Rights Campaign . . . against secular giants like the ACLU.

For
FRC to be at full strength when Congress is sworn in three weeks from
today, we must receive $975,000 by December 31 to finish 2016 on track.

Will you take a moment now to give your year-end gift and ensure we meet our goal?

The Left isn't going away.

So let's make sure we didn't win the 2016 election battle just to lose the 2017 policy war. Thank you for standing in November. And thank you for standing now.
Standing (Eph. 6:13),

Tony Perkins

President

P.S. Fellow FRC supporters are so concerned about the Left's plans they have offered a $250,000 MATCHING GRANT to double your year-end gift! Every dollar will go TWICE AS FAR up to the combined total of $250,000. So please be generous and help us reach our goal! Remember, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have already raised staggering amounts to attack you, your beliefs, your religious freedom, and your family. Answer these radicals with your year-end donation to FRC right now. Thank you!

Well Perkins is right about one thing. We are NOT going away. I'm certainly not.

And I intend to have a rip-snorting, ass-kicking, hell-raising time during these upcoming four years. I hope y'all got some vitamin E. And oxygen. Lots and lots of oxygen.

Editor's note - The electoral college is meeting today and barring any unusual situation, they will officially make Trump the winner of the 2016 election. I would kindly suggest that folks who are angry and/or aggrieved harness their emotions to focus on fighting any screw-ups Trump may attempt (particularly with Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, and "religious liberty" laws) and work on breaking down his power in the 2018 mid-year elections however they can. No one is going to save you but you. And unfortunately, America may have to learn some hard lessons on how to pick good leaders, regardless.

The looming Republican crackdown on LGBTQ rights and abortion - Some form of this is coming and protesting in the streets is just one thing we can do. Alliances and coalitions do wonders (not just talking about them, people.) Being vocal and not letting opponents control the argument. Telling your stories and highlighting who will be harmed by this madness. Above all, show discipline and consistency. Don't get lose your focus by sidetracking yourselves in petty arguments. Now, more than ever, we are going to have to learn to trust one another. And that especially goes for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender men and women, and our allies.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is facing a criticism for a recent remark he made advising President-elect Donald Trump to get rid of State Department officials who support the "promotion" of lgbt equality in other countries.

Consider this: Sometime during the Obama
administration, they determined to bring the homosexual issue into the
congressionally mandated Office of Religious Freedom of the State
Department. This is the office that is to report annually on the
persecution of religions around the world. Obama shoe-horned LGBT into
that office, much to the chagrin of some of those working in the office.
A contact formerly in that office told me that those who objected were
sidelined and later fired. This person told me this exact same thing has
happened all over the federal government where organized LGBTs have
gotten people fired who stood in their way or otherwise objected to
their agenda.
The anti-Christian rainbow flag flies over U.S. embassies all over
the world. Exporting LGBT is now part of the "DNA" of our foreign
policy, often to the detriment of our legitimate national security. We
have homosexuals openly serving in the military, without a doubt
something that is harmful to unit cohesion, but we have the proposition
of men in dresses openly serving as well. Even more, we may be forced to
use taxpayer money to pay for sex-change operations. We have Christians
hounded out of the military for expressing Christians beliefs about
human sexuality.

It is crucial that anyone who takes a top
spot in the administration in any of the agencies to know that sexual
radicals have burrowed in and burrowed deep and they are out to protect
their turf and they are out to take scalps – Christian scalps.

Bear in mind that while Ruse didn't outright say anything about "purging" the State Department of those who support lgbt equality, the semantics behind his mentions of "Christian scalps" and "anti-Christian rainbow flags" serves to point in that direction.

About Me

Alvin McEwen is 46-year-old African-American gay man who resides in Columbia, SC.
McEwen's blog, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters, and writings have been mentioned by Americablog.com, Goodasyou.org, People for the American Way, PageOneQ.com, The Washington Post, Raw Story, The Advocate, Media Matters for America, Crooksandliars.com, Thinkprogress.org, Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, Melissa Harris-Perry, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, The Washington Blade, and Foxnews.com.
In addition, he is also a past contributor to Pam's House Blend,Justice For All, LGBTQ Nation, and Alternet.org. He is a present contributor to the Daily Kos and the Huffington Post,
He is the 2007 recipient of the Harriet Daniels Hancock Volunteer of the Year Award and the 2010 recipient of the Order of the Pink Palmetto from the SC Pride Movement as well as the 2009 recipient of the Audre Lorde/James Baldwin Civil Rights Activist Award from SC Black Pride. In addition, he is a three-time nominee of the Ed Madden Media Advocacy Award from SC Pride.